Ideally, the lung metastasis, or the spread of the tumor to the dog's lungs (which occurs in more than 90 percent of
osteosarcoma cases), will be slowed or stopped entirely by these NK cells.
Not exact matches
This unusual
case introduces the possibility of carrying out a differential diagnosis with an
osteosarcoma and raises the question of the treatment that should be adopted.
To be more specific,
cases of hemangiosarcoma,
osteosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, and malignant histiocystosis commonly occur at higher levels in this particular breed.
Although possible
cases of implant - associated
osteosarcoma were identified, the occurrence was extremely rare.
For example,
osteosarcoma in breeds that showed reduced risk with neutering (Neopolitan mastiff, Airedale terrier, Bichon Frise, Basset hound, Bloodhound, Afghan hound, and Borzoi) all had zero
cases in the NM sex class and one
case in the M sex class which would correspond to a reduced risk with neutering.
By far the most common type of bone cancer in dogs is
osteosarcoma (OSA), accounting for about 85 percent of all
cases of bone cancer.
Unfortunately, once a dog is diagnosed with
osteosarcoma, the cancer has already moved into other parts of the body in 90 percent of
cases.
Canine
osteosarcoma is the most frequent malignant disease in large dogs, with over 8000
cases in the United States annually, and there is no curative treatment.